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The measurement of poverty intensity we use was initially advocated by Sen (1976), and modified recently by Shorrocks … Shorrocls, we refer henceforth to the SSR index. Section 2 of this article begins by discussing the SST index of poverty … intensity and its decomposition into the poverty rate, the average poverty gap ratio among the poor and the overall Gini index …
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The measurement of poverty intensity we use was initially advocated by Sen (1976), and modified recently by Shorrocks … Shorrocls, we refer henceforth to the SSR index. Section 2 of this article begins by discussing the SST index of poverty … intensity and its decomposition into the poverty rate, the average poverty gap ratio among the poor and the overall Gini index …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005618819
The Health, Inequalities and Social Breakdown (SIRS) survey carried out in Antananarivo in April 2003 on a representative sample of 2,807 people, is part of an international research programme designed to compare the relationships between health, inequalities and social breakdowns in different...
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The Health, Inequalities and Social Breakdown (SIRS) survey carried out in Antananarivo in April 2003 on a representative sample of 2,807 people, is part of an international research programme designed to compare the relationships between health, inequalities and social breakdowns in different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005416760
the analysis of poverty in developing countries. Drawing on detailed evidence from Mozambique, we argue that different … research approaches do not merely see the same poverty from different angles; rather, they tend to conceptualize poverty … character of poverty; its generative mechanisms; and epistemological priorities. The quantitative analysis provides an …
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We measure multidimensional poverty in India using National Sample Survey Organization data from 2014-15 to 2017-18. We ….75 per cent over the study period. The all-India estimates indicate that 144 million people were lifted from poverty during …. Our state-level estimates reveal that 20 states report less than 10 per cent headcount poverty, up from six states. COVID …
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This study assesses temporal and spatial distribution of child deprivation and income poverty using the fifth and sixth … deprivation of children aged 7 to 17 years, and the outcomes were compared to the incidence of income poverty. The analyses reveal … areas; and differences in regional rankings of deprivation and income poverty. Distinct policies for child deprivation and …
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Poverty measurement among forcibly displaced populations, including refugees and internally displaced persons, has been …, for long, neglected by the economics profession and by poverty specialists working across the social sciences. This has … reviews the evolution, current status, and future prospects of the poverty measurement literature on forcibly displaced …
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immigrants as for the entire population, and there is more generational mobility among immigrants in Canada than in the United …
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poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are … stated. The second objective is to take stock of child poverty and changes in child poverty in the majority of OECD countries … formulate a number of suggestions for the setting of credible targets for the elimination of child poverty in the rich countries …
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